30 SOUNDNESS IN HOKSES. 



CHAPTER III. 



DEFECTS WHICH AEE NOT NECESSAEILY UNSOUNDNESS. 



The following defects, unless where specially excepted, 

 may, or may not be unsoundness, according to circum- 

 stances ; such as : their nature and position, the age 

 of the animal, and the nature of the work demanded 

 of it. 



Anterior iliac spine, fracture of. — See " Dropped Hip," 

 page 39. 



Broken hiees. — This term is applied to any mark left 

 by a wound on the front of the knee. From a legal 

 point of view, this accident, after the w^ound has healed, 

 is, or is not an unsoundness, according to the degree of 

 injury inflicted. Although the slightest mark on the 

 knee, as a rule, seriously detracts from a horse's market 

 value ; still the accident may not affect in any way his 

 usefulness. If this be so, the exigencies of the case will 

 be fully met, by the fact of the blemish being mentioned 

 in the certificate. As regards the question of soundness, 

 it does not matter a great deal how the horse got 



